Sanitary ventilating and plumbing system



Dec. 21

D. F. YOUNGBLOOD SANITARY VENTILATIG AND PLUMBING SYSTEM Filed Marchas, 192e s sheets-sheet s v ttozneg y .De. 21 ,1926. v 1,611,261

I D. F.IYOUNGB| OOD SANITARY VENTILATING AND` PLUMBING SYSTEM Filed March 15, 192e s'shets-Sheet s Patented; Dec. 21,1926,4 Y c l' y' DAVID FRANKDINYOUNGBLOOD, or sANnNToiiio, TEX-As.

SANITARY vENrILATiNe AND isiriiMisiNeV SYSTEM.

"Application mea iviarchiis, ieee. serial Ne 94,871,

' This linventionfrelates to a sanitary ventilatingy vand plumbing system, adapted parfticularly c oruse: inails, prisons vand (the like'v e i 'In thev past it tings, etc., being exposedfo'gthe prisoners,

- cess to these 'fittings-theywould tear them up and u'sethein in making a break, j; The principal object off/the presentI -invention is to provide, maximum ventilation andl sanitation for each cell, to arrange'the system so as' to makefiumorel convenientf for the jailei-s, and to 'improve the moral condi-v tion of the prisoners, I f

A further and-specific object of the inven-` stallation ot the'tittimgs willbe facilitated, anditheyl will be fully protected-f against damagevv bytherprisoners, V,yet always easily accessible for the purpose-ot1 making repairs.

vertical section taken on nthe vportion ofthe upper floor and ,roof of a fpris'en,l showing a `further` modification the arrangeinent oiijthe plumbing. f

- v Figure 5 isga vertical; section taken lthe line oFigu're 4,. l

' .Figure' is a vertical; sectionV similar-to v.Figure 2, but showingfa, iriodiiied'construction.V i iFigure 7 is line 7-7 y of AFigure 6.

\ Figure -8 isa horizontal s v the line' 8&8 ofpF-igufe.;

either vinfth'ecells orcorridors. Havingaq tion is to arrangeV the-system so that the in- :The Vmanner of arranging the systemf in a standard lprison fso'y as tol-,attain these ob-j jects will be more fully e'zqolainedy iiicon-V Figure, .4 is a verticalv rsection through a a-vertical section taken on the' ection taken on the line9-9'of-Figure Figure 10 i aYfragineiitary vi forming a'pai'tfof V the system.

the line oliiguref1 0,y v e c The invention is` shown in Figure .9 is ali'o'rizontal section talie'nbng e' evhownei,

f ,Y i Y in'frontelevation, a Aportion of asteel Adoor has been difiicult to linstall plumbing xtureslin the "cells and corridors of prisonsl having -two or; more v-,floorsgwith-- out thesoil pipes, watersupplypipes, fitf Figure ll isa horizontal-section tak'eiivnn Y f nectioii with a prisonV of standard` construction, having aV number of cell rooms "l, surrounded by a wall 2,*andvcontaininga rowi of cells 3,

lseparat'ed by partitions 4iisii al ly vformed from steel'` plates. The cells are enclosed by steel bars 5,7 and each cell is provided. vwith a vdoor 6 opening into a corridoi-'7l ,Aliunlr 8 is located atthe backv side of each`A cell,

and the construction shown in Figures l, Q and 3, each cell is providedwithja wash basin V9, and niche l0 closedby ai door ll andcontaining la toilet seat 12;-l The locke ing Otthe .cell `doors and the corridor door is usuallyv controlled from a.; control. box 13' at l'one eiidjof.the-corridor bfyrm'eaiis of suitablef mechanism, which;however, iforms 'no part of V.the present invention. n

r Each niehelOhas arearwallvofiplate 'y steel, beh indrwhich is a .ventilatingL and utilityfsliaftl ,Each of these shafts Vforms Vacontinuous air passageway from thebot- "tom to the y-ot' they prison,7=andfat'each Vfloor istraversedby-a series ofbars,16 i,

which are set'in theconcre'tefof the floor at the time the latteris constructed.V n -In the construction. shown in Figures to 5.inclusive,`the cells VAon the several Yfloors and the niches are, arranged one directly above the other, so that the shafts lextend verticallyeto the iooiThe rear walljltot each niche is providednear the ceilingwitli i aseries otperforations v17, peimittingaifree cii'culationof airffroin the Celland niche l into the shaft'lThe latter'fisl provided Y witha fan `18 at itsupper end,`a`nd lits Aoutoniy' .fof venti.

ometer 24, as shown in Figuresl, 4, 5 andV 8, or through ay flush tank 25, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. VW here the tlushonieter is used, the space ,above the toilet l2 may ,be used for. awash basin, 26, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, or for shelves 28 and.29,z as

n shown in Figures 6 and ,7.

When, as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, the cells are not arrangedone directlyabove the other, the stacks 20 have Ya horizontal main 31 leading therefrom beneath each oor, and enclosedl by the steel cover box 30, which also forms aan air*passageway" con@ iiecting the shafts l5 onthe, respectiv'eJiloors.

In thisy construction, the Water supply pipes 23 also'fhave horizontal portions 132. Y Y

Easy access may be hadto-the,plumbing through steel hingeddoors 133, which open from they corridoi' into the shafts V15,- as

shown inl detail in VFigures 10 and'l, one door 33 fbeing' provided in front ol" each? cell. 4Each' door 33 is constructed fyvitha channel 34 .inV its outer-edge, andtheadj'a-U cent'j ambfis'provi'ded With a. corresponding channel 35, which is traversed byj al number oit-pins 36.y A vertical sliding lock bar'37 is mounted on `the pins V36, Wl'iich pass Vthrough inclined slots. 38 4in" the bar, so that wheny the baiis raised, as shown in Figures Y into this box, and is 'provi'ded'with aphi- Eril' rality *of holes 401 with which alatching device 41 cooperates to determine the position ofthe bar 37'.` Accessy to the boxl 39 may be f controlled by suitable mechanism from the control box 13, but inasmuch -as this mechanism iormsLnopart of the presenty invention, a description thereof is believed to'be l.

unnecessary.

c From tlie'foregoing description, it'Will be seen that in af'system vconstructedV according to thenv'nto it S absolutely'impossible .for prisoners toget access togor Vdestroythe plumbing system, and yet the' latter viseasily accessible to thejivardenn for the purposeroi1 making repairs. Adequate ventilation is provided foreach cell, and Will greatly improve the sanitary condition of ythe prisoner. A' number of dillerentivays of arrangingthe plumbing havebeen sho-Wn in order to illustrate the. adaptationVof-,thel in-V vention thereto. ,ItA Will'be understood,ho;w

V ever, thatjany other .desired arrangement c in which the lprison is'built.

lmayfbe used, which is in accordance withz the plumbingl regulations of the ytoivn or city The l ventilating system, in combination With the in'eans l for enclosing andprotecting the plumbing, may-be e'asilyfmodiied to `accord With any building plans Without any material departure from the salient features of the inveny tion as expressed in the claims.

Vilhat is claimed is:

kil prisonstructu-re.comprising `a pluyrality, otfloors, a row of cells on each floor,

a Ventilatingshalt in the Wall of each lcell with a series ol' small openings from the coll `to the shalt,rv plu-rnbing lixtures cone cealed in the shafts and including a Water siippl-yl pipe..and1astack foreachshat, each of the intermediate floors having' gratedV openings connecting the y'sev,eral' shafts: fof

that floor with tlicseo'theoor below, the

shafts fon the Vtofpniost, floor each.V having a grated outlet to'l the roof, therebylorminga series l V'of Ventilating shaft-s extending 'l continuously fronii-the'bottoin floor 1 to the 1 rooie,

hinged steel doorsl outside the' .resp e'ctiveL cells and orming-theouter aeesoi' thewwalls in' Vwhich the Ventilating'shafts zii-relocated, ra steel' covery Vbox above?y each rowv of.: doors,

v and means containedfin said hoxrand f conunlockin-g-sa-id doors. Y Y, A vprisonstructure, comprising a plu rality loi' floors, afrow of cells on each floor,

trolled byv the prison: onicialsorloekin'gf. and.

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plumbing:fixtures' including la Water supply pipe and' a-,stac-kconcealed in the Wall 'ot each cell,- a steel cover'boxiunning beneath the lfloory from' end;v to-end of each. roWof cells, la horizontal lmainfgdrain pipel in each of saidboxesaandfconnected withy all'ofthe stacks-in vtheA roW above Ll-tli'e Ysaine,{hinged steeldoo'rs outside the: `respective kcells o'rining the outer A'acefoi' v'the Walls "in ivhich thefplii-mbinglixtures are located, and means controlled 'by theprisonoliicials o-i-Yvloclring orf'unlocling said doors. f

A3. A prison-structure! comprising y,a -plul rality otiloors, a roivof'cells 'on each! floor. a Ventilating shaft inlthe Wall of each cell With a series of small openingsfroin the cell to the shaft, plumbing' 'ixtures concealed witliinthe shaft andincluding a'water sup,- plyfpipe anda stack, av steel coverabox running'beneath the Hoor from end to vend` ol each row ol'- cells and y connecting' the shafts onthe loiver floor-to those'onrthe floor above',

so as topforin a continuous Ventilating systeni lroinithe irst floor to thereof, bars embedded iii the floors and extending across Y the `respective shafts, a horizontal main drain pipe ineaclr of said boxes and connected with allot thestaclis in the row' above il the saine, hinged steel doors-outside 'the -respeelt-ive cellsi'orming tliefouter faces olvfthe located, andi-neaiis controlled by the prison oiiicialswi'orlo'clringl or;unlocking said bars.' ln testimony that I claim the Yl'oregoing- .Walls inY which` the Ventilating :shafts are asmy own, l yhave -liiereto aixed mysignature. 

